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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2019, 4:36 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2019, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
294
WUUS53 KMPX 052136
SVRMPX
MNC147-052200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0166.190805T2136Z-190805T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Blooming
Prairie, or 13 miles southwest of Dodge Center, moving southeast at
20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Blooming Prairie, Steele Center and Bixby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4394 9319 4402 9306 4401 9305 4385 9305
4385 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 310DEG 16KT 4393 9308
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CTG1 follow-up statement
488
WWUS53 KMPX 052152
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
452 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2019
MNC147-052202-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-190805T2200Z/
Steele MN-
452 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4394 9319 4402 9306 4401 9305 4385 9305
4385 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 310DEG 16KT 4389 9301
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wabasha | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 95 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.